Ingenuity is the pinnacle of the Nederburg range, right? Wrong. Nederburg II Centuries Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 has recently crept onto the market at R400 a bottle, with a wooded Sauvignon Blanc 2009 to follow (apparently set to sell at around R200 a bottle).

Nederburg cellarmaster Razvan Macici relates that the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were sourced from unirrgiated vineyards over 30 years in age and at an altitude of 300 to 400 metres above sea level in the Simonsberg-Paarl ward.  “This is not a vineyard selection wine but a vine selection wine,” he says, individual plants chosen that were able to provide fruit free of the stress associated with leaf-roll virus.